What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[mongers]

Just out: US trade deficit $55.5bn in May, up $4.3bn from April. Imports jump $8.5bn - double the $4.2bn increase in exports #useconomy

Damn it, all those evil foreign liberal regimes forcing American patriots to buy their substandard goods.

Luckily President Trumpet will get show them what's what.

[crazy canuck]

So the citizenship question will not feature on the census.

I appreciate the concern about the question but not census-ing whether the replying person is a citizen is just silly.


I am increasingly wondering whether aspects of the politics legislature of the US (and the UK in fact) are showing signs that they'll remain flexible in a changing world and will adopt to the new global world better, or instead they show sign of being increasingly out of touch with the necessities and problems of the modern world.

You might want to read why the question should not be included before you make a statement like that.  Just google, you will find plenty of links describing the issue.  Also, you should reflect on the fact that Roberts sided with the no side and read some analysis of why that occurred.  It is not as silly as you seem to think.

[DGuller]

I didn't get it either.

Cliff notes:  Suppression usually works if committed to.  Soviet Union fell because it was not committed to suppression under Gorbachev.  China is unlikely to make that mistake, especially in this political climate.

[Threviel]

Justinian would be a good historical comparison. Theodora was ready to commit and Belisarius committed.

[dps]

Interesting that DGuller thinks that not suppressing dissent is a mistake. 

[Tamas]

There's no general rule like that, Dorseyguller.   

The Soviets probably decide against suppression in the late 80s because they knew full well their economy was crumbling. China faces no economic existential threat so yes they will almost certainly decide to use force.

[katmai]

Justin Amash in an editorial he wrote for today's Washington Post announced he was leaving the GOP

[The Brain]

Who or what is Justin Amash?

[katmai]

Who or what is Justin Amash?

he was the only GOP representative to call for impeachment hearings. From Michigan with Libertarian leanings. Apparently AmScip has known him/his family (?) since way back in day. 

[Tamas]

Who or what is Justin Amash?

he was the only GOP representative to call for impeachment hearings. From Michigan with Libertarian leanings. Apparently AmScip has known him/his family (?) since way back in day.

Putting principle before short-term self-interest? Clearly not a modern politician.

[The Brain]

Who or what is Justin Amash?

he was the only GOP representative to call for impeachment hearings. From Michigan with Libertarian leanings. Apparently AmScip has known him/his family (?) since way back in day.

He sounds like a Bond movie. Also clearly not the makings of a modern GOP politician.

[DGuller]

Interesting that DGuller thinks that not suppressing dissent is a mistake. 

[DGuller]

There's no general rule like that, Dorseyguller.   

The Soviets probably decide against suppression in the late 80s because they knew full well their economy was crumbling. China faces no economic existential threat so yes they will almost certainly decide to use force.

The Soviets did use suppression, they just didn't commit to it.  That's why it was a mistake; a half-assed suppression of widespread protests just pisses people off without actually sufficiently scaring them off.  Another example is Yanukovich in 2014, where his police forces did engage in brutality, but couldn't muster a wholesale crackdown (probably because that would trigger mutiny).  In the end he just added fuel to the Maidan fire.

[Tamas]

There's no general rule like that, Dorseyguller.   

The Soviets probably decide against suppression in the late 80s because they knew full well their economy was crumbling. China faces no economic existential threat so yes they will almost certainly decide to use force.

The Soviets did use suppression, they just didn't commit to it.  That's why it was a mistake; a half-assed suppression of widespread protests just pisses people off without actually sufficiently scaring them off.  Another example is Yanukovich in 2014, where his police forces did engage in brutality, but couldn't muster a wholesale crackdown (probably because that would trigger mutiny).  In the end he just added fuel to the Maidan fire.

Fair enough, but of course as your Yanukovich speculation points out, these things must be very fluid and what seems like a lack of will to crack down might had been a very convinved will to crack down, that simply could not "propagate down" the ranks.

[Razgovory]

Who or what is Justin Amash?

A friend of Skip.